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Roll Call

Noella Kertes

Where are they now? - Roll Call

Here’s what former members of the 118th Congress are doing today:

POLITICS/ADVOCACY/MEDIA

Colin Allred, D-Texas
Running for Senate seat held by John Cornyn, R-Texas
Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.
Founder, JAB, education consulting company; podcast host
Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio
Founder, The Dignity of Work Institute
Cori Bush, D-Mo.
Founder, Politivist PAC; podcast host
Yadira Caraveo, D-Colo.
Running for Colorado’s 8th District
Erica Lee Carter, D-Texas
Policy director for Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis
David Cicilline, D-R.I.
President and CEO, Rhode Island Foundation
Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.
Talk show anchor, One America News Network

Mike Garcia, R-Calif.
Chairman, America First California
Garret Graves, R-La.
Member of Bipartisan Policy Center’s Energy Advisory Council
Brian Higgins, D-N.Y.
President, Shea’s Performing Arts Center
Dan Kildee, D-Mich.
President and CEO, Community Foundation of Greater Flint; endowed chair of American Government, Central Michigan University
Derek Kilmer, D-Wash.
Senior vice president of U.S. programs and policy, Rockefeller Foundation

Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H.
Founding member of Elect Democratic Women PAC
Greg Lopez, R-Colo.
Running for Colorado governor
Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo.
CEO, American Consumer & Investor Institute
Joe Manchin III, I-W.Va.
Member, Bipartisan Policy Center’s Energy Advisory Council; board of directors member, Ramaco Resources; board of directors member, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Kathy Manning, D-N.C.
Chair, board of directors of Democratic Majority for Israel

Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash.
Founder, Cathy McMorris Rodgers Leadership Institute
Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
Founder and chairman, ALFA Institute; chairman, Watchtower Strategy
Alex X. Mooney, R-W.Va.
Senior adviser, NumbersUSA
Wiley Nickel, D-N.C.
Dropped run for open Senate seat; eyeing bid for Wake County district attorney
Mary Peltola, D-Alaska
Considering run for Alaska governor

Katie Porter, D-Calif.
Running for California governor
Mitt Romney, R-Utah
Board of directors member, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Abigail Spanberger, D-Va.
Running for Virginia governor
Michelle Steel, R-Calif.
Member, Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture
David Trone, D-Md.
Trustee, David and June Trone Family Foundation

Anthony D’Esposito, R-N.Y.
Nominated to be Labor Department inspector general
Jenniffer González-Colón, R-P.R.
Puerto Rico governor
Jeff Jackson, D-N.C.
North Carolina attorney general
Barbara Lee, D-Calif.
Mayor of Oakland
Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz.
Member, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

Marc Molinaro, R-N.Y.
Nominated to be FTA administrator
Brandon Williams, R-N.Y.
Nominated to be undersecretary for nuclear security

Ken Buck, R-Colo.
Managing principal, Right Results consulting firm in Windsor, Colo.
Larry Bucshon, R-Ind.
Senior policy adviser, Holland & Knight
Laphonza Butler, D-Calif.
Partner, Actum
Matt Cartwright, D-Pa.
Partner, Lowey Dannenberg, visiting professor, Hamilton College (January – May 2025)
Jeff Duncan, R-S.C.
Managing director, Covenant
Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz.
Senior adviser, Hogan Lovells; member, Coinbase Global Advisory Council; adjunct professor, Arizona State University
Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.
Senior policy adviser, Liberty Partners Group
Chris Stewart, R-Utah
Managing partner, Skyline Capitol

Tony Cárdenas, D-Calif.
President, US Global Plane
John Duarte, R-Calif.
Co-owner, Duarte Nursery
Drew Ferguson, R-Ga.
Senior V.P. of government affairs, Hyundai Motor Group
Mike Gallagher, R-Wis.
Head of defense, Palantir Technologies
George S. Helmy, D-N.J.
Executive V.P., chief external affairs and policy officer, RWJBarnabas Health; member, Rutgers University Board of Governors
Jake LaTurner, R-Kan.
Partner, FP1 Strategies and PLUS Communications
Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C.
Senior adviser, Lazard
Jon Tester, D-Mont.
Farmer; podcast host; 2025 fellow, University of Chicago Institute of Politics
Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio
President, Ubiquitous Strategies Alliance; member, President’s Intelligence Advisory Board

Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.
Senior fellow and special adviser, Portland State University president; presidential fellow, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies
Bill Johnson, R-Ohio
President, Youngstown State University
John Sarbanes, D-Md.
Distinguished practitioner in residence, Stavros Niarchos; Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University
Ben Sasse, R-Neb.
Professor, University of Florida; (served as president from February, 2023 – July 2024)

Michael C. Burgess, R-Texas
Retired
Thomas R. Carper, D-Del.
Retired
Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md.
Retired
Jerry Carl, R-Ala.
Declined to run for mayor of Mobile in January 2025
Bob Casey, D- Pa.
Retired
Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif.
Retired
Bob Good, R-Va.
Has not decided about another run for office
Kay Granger, R-Texas
Retired and living in a senior living facility
Doug Lamborn, R-Colo.
Retired
Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif.
Retired
Greg Pence, R-Ind.
Retired
Dean Phillips, D-Minn.
Democratic presidential candidate in 2024
Bill Posey, R-Fla.
Retired
Matt Rosendale, R-Mont.
Retired
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md.
Retired
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, D-N. Marianas
Retired
Jennifer Wexton, D-Va.
Retired
Susan Wild, D-Pa.
Declined to run for Pennsylvania’s 7th District House seat in 2026

Bob Menendez, D-N.J.
Serving an 11-year sentence; convicted on a range of criminal charges, including bribery, extortion and acting as a foreign agent
George Santos, R-N.Y.
Reported to prison on July 25; sentenced to more than seven years; pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft; expelled from House